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Facebook Moving Away From Voting Scheme

Nov 21, 2012 8:14 pm ET

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By Evelyn M. Rusli

A Facebook experiment in democracy is fading.

On Wednesday the social network announced several updates to its governing policy that may ultimately limit the community’s ability to overturn future policy decisions. In a blog post authored by Elliot Schrage, its head of communications, Facebook said it will remove a voting system that gives its users the opportunity to strike down a policy change if a change prompts more than 7,000 comments and if more than 30% of people on Facebook participate in a vote.

In part, Facebook says it’s revising its rules because the social network has grown so large.